Death at Whitewater Church by Andrea Carter
While the trade paperback of Andrea Carter's Death at Whitewater Church was just released, it appears that the book has been out for several years online. However, most readers will discover it as the debut mystery in a character-driven, atmospheric series. Benedicta "Ben" O'Keefe is a solicitor in Ireland, on the coast of Inishowen, with "the most northerly solicitor's office in Ireland" or, as she says, providing "the last legal advice in Ireland". She's acting for clients, the sellers of Whitewater Church, a deconsecrated church, when the surveyor finds a hidden crypt on the property. He's shocked to find a skeleton in the crypt, but no one in town is surprised. They, and Conor Devitt's family, all assume it's his because he disappeared on his wedding day six years earlier. Ben's nosy, as she admits. As the confidant of many in town, she hears all kinds of stories of the missing man, but they don't add up. When Conor...